did ronald reagan make his first speech after after he was nominated president as it's in philadelphia mississippi the city where three civil rights workers were notoriously murdered and he talked about states' rights that was the that was the the core of his first speech why if he wasn't if the republican party isn't about dog whistle politics why i just don't think it's true i mean you can say that i'm going to get his first speech in philadelphia just yet but i'm not i'm not going to read into it the way you did you think he just picked a little time to six thousand people in mississippi that nobody ever heard of. on the matter saying it's his first speech as president but this is his first speech as a candidate for president after he had been nominated by the republican party to be their official nominee for president that was his first speech was in philadelphia mississippi and. nixon called it the southern strategy you could say whatever you want i mean i've been involved in republican conservative politics not just in massachusetts but in other parts of the country and i haven't met these p

philadelphia. he's currently in mississippi for his grandmother's funeral. >> okay, all right.s for joining us everybody. have a good night. see you tomorrow and see you on the new year's show.

philadelphia. ellis excused by head coach jackson to attend his grandmother funeral in mississippi.or the return. good news curry expected to play. sat out wednesday win against the knicks. always injured right ankle. travel story. 49 ers on the way to st. louis to face the ram. left at 3:00 o'clock today. have you ever wondered how nfl teams get from point a to point b? i have. might be i'm weird. niners as i found out prefer to do everything on site before they get to the airport. that means tsa and personnel from the partner airline quantityed oversee sceechblingt every bag. every coach. player. owner. searched before getting on one of the 5 team bus. >> you get on the bus and the agents have to be on those team buses with us because they have to make sure that those buss are clean going going from the facility to the airport and we pull right up to the plane and walk right on without any security issues. >> same deal when they get to opposing stapled. they go to st. louis. they bring tsa to the stapled. they leave the stadium they are right there on the bus. >> interesting. fran

philadelphia. he's been excused by the head coach to attend his grandmother's funeral in mississippi. no exact time table given for his return but it should just be a couple games. steph curry will play tonight. he sat out wednesday's win against the knicks with an injured right ankle. and we finish with a travel story. i mentioned 49ers heading to st. louis to face the rams tomorrow. the team charter averages 160 to 170 passengers for a road trip. have you of wondered how they get to point a to point b? i have. the niners prefer to do everything on site before they get to an airport. that means tsa and personnel from their partner airline united overseeing screening every bag, every coach, player and owner searched before getting on one of those five team buses. >>> and you get on the bus and what happens is those tsa agents have to be on those team buses with us because they have to make sure that those buses are clean going from the facility to the airport. and that allows us to pull right up to the plane and walk right on without any security issues. >>> interesting stuff. be sure

philadelphia. ellis has been excused by the head coach to attend his grandmother's funeral in mississippi. no exact time table given for his return but it should just be a couple games. steph curry will play tonight. he sat out wednesday's win against the knicks with an injured right ankle. and we finish with a travel story. i mentioned 49ers heading to st. louis to face the rams tomorrow. the team charter averages 160 to 170 passengers for a road trip. have you of wondered how they get to point a to point b? i have. the niners prefer to do everything on site before they get to an airport. that means tsa and personnel from their partner airline united overseeing screening every bag, every coach, player and owner searched before getting on one of those five team buses. >>> and you get on the bus and what happens is those tsa agents have to be on those team buses with us because they have to make sure that those buses are clean going from the facility to the airport. and that allows us to pull right up to the plane and walk right on without any security issues. >>> interesting stuff. be sure

mississippi this morning. plume of moisture from the southern states up the appalachians into new england. it's mainly rain for the coastal cities, d.c., new york city, philadelphia, boston. back to the west it has changed a erovo sner for parts of west virginia, pittsburgh and into o terior sections of new york. that's where you will see the heaviest snow amounts coming up. we have a future cast preview to show you what we expect with the computer forecast models. by 11:00 tonight the rain/snow ill be moving toward parts of new jersey, the catskills and poconos and the adirondacks. the higher elevations will see the highest amounts. maybe up to a foot of snow. the ski resorts will be happy. rain continuing on the eastern seaboard. boston with rain in the morning. by 6:00 a.m. it dries out for just about everybody except for the great lakes. there will be light snow left around 2:00 or so. in terms of amounts, there's the 6 to 12 inches over interior new york. the green and white mountains. north of new york city, one to three. philadelphia, boston, new york city, maybe flurries here and there. the ground is still warm from the temperatures the past few days. >>

philadelphia as well. the further south and west, the more rain. accumulating snow across parts of arkansas today. last night in memphis. this morning, northern parts of mississippiost 60 degrees right now in new york city. all right. we get the rains. we get heavy rain over the next 24 hours. then the back side of it turns to snow. most of the accumulating snow will be away from the i-95 corridor, away from the largest cities but slushiness near new york city. scranton, upstate new york and albany, four to eight inches potentially with this system and the timing of which would be, tonight into tomorrow and then tomorrow afternoon before this thing rolls out of town. we have delays in new york, philadelphia. those on the increase today and a portion of tomorrow as well. that's a quick check on the weather. "american morning" is coming right back. ♪ motor home ♪ i'm the rocket man! [ both ] ♪ rocket man ♪ burning out his fuse up here alone ♪ burning out his fuse up here alone? ahh. [ male announcer ] crystal clear fender premium audio. one of many premium features available on the all-new volkswagen passat. the 2012 motor trend car of the year. ♪ and i think it's